CARRICK HARBOUR 5/10/06

People: me and jc

Duration: 19.00-21.30

Tide: incoming

Weather: dry and extremely windy

Bait: mackeral

Rigs: 2 hook flappers

Results: 25 pouting

Catch and Release:: Yes



Report: this was just one of them last minute fishing trips.. decided to hit the harbour and try something different! left all the beach gear at home and headed down armed with light spinning gear and a couple of mackeral for bait.. using size 1 hooks and small pieces of fish the rods were dancing as soon as the baits hit the water.. the sport was good with nearly a fish a cast, sometimes 2.. great craic using the light gear, 7 or 8 pout weighing in over the pound mark.. beat the hell outta sitting in the house!

Don't often hear of reports of pouting. If they were that plentiful, it might have been an idea to save a couple for conger baits (god only knows why they eat them, they have all the culinary value of wet newspaper :lol: ). Supposed to make a decent bait though.

Were you fishing inside the harbour? :?:

its the first time iv ever seen any in nunbers sandman. meant to be xlnt for conger. in england they use them whole for bass!! they are indeed meant to have more bones than a butchers. arite redbox, was fishin inside the harbour. outside theres alot of whiting to be had but are all quite small..

Nice catch looks like they kept you busy Have you ever cought and cod there :?:

only small ones but gonna give it afew cracks in the winter. ya just never know :?:

the harbour is full of the wee buggers and they just keep gettin bigger i would keep half a dozen pout for the conger and sometimes live bait them and it works too oh and so does rockling and whiting.....nice one ghost

eye jonny shas bulging wi the wee buggers down there at the mo! wudnt of minded gettin up the coast but am workin all wkend so a blast at carrick fits the bill nicely.